Chapter 189: Hundreds of Great Emperor Origins?

A golden light gate spanned across the sky of the Gu Family's Divine Island; it was not merely a door, but resembled a massive mouth that inhaled and exhaled the creation of the heavens.

The laws of the Primordial Celestial Realm briefly stilled at this moment.

One instant later.

A foot stepped out.

Wearing cloth shoes and gray trousers, looking like an ordinary old farmer.

But the moment that foot touched the ground, the entire Gu Family Divine Island and the earth veins spanning billions of miles all emitted a deep rumble, as if the earth bowed to its king.

Gu Cangsheng stepped forward.

He did not deliberately exert authority, yet his body, fully transformed into chaotic‑colored bone and flesh, was itself a massive gravity source.

The surrounding space around him took on a strange liquefied state, as if he were a giant walking in water.

"Welcome, venerable ancestor!"

Gu Lin Tian, stationed, manifested his former self at the Gu Family.

Behind him stood a few remaining Supreme Elders of the Gu Family.

The moment they saw Gu Cangsheng,

their hanging hearts finally settled.

Immediately after, Gu Lin Tian's future self, Gu Yuan and others, emerged in succession.

Each wore a flushed, triumphant grin as if they'd just raided the neighboring village and seized the landlord's wealth.

Especially Gu Zhan, whose mountain‑splitting axe even bore a fragment of a celestial king's robe torn from somewhere, grinned widely, laughing like a child of several hundred thousand years.

Those unaware might think he had cleaved that celestial king to death with a single swing.

"Enough, stop with these pointless theatrics."

Gu Cangsheng waved casually, and that faint, life‑essence‑above‑all force vanished instantly into nothingness.

"Send word, convene the highest‑level clan assembly. Anyone sealed in a death‑seal, anyone half‑buried, as long as they still have a breath, bring them to the council hall for me!"

Gu Cangsheng's voice was not loud, yet it pierced precisely into the ears of every Gu Family senior.

"Father."

"What is it?"

"Since we brought back the Thunder‑Fire Two Provinces, our family… has had no half‑buried bodies…"

Gu Cangsheng: "……"

That day the Gu Family witnessed the 'Patriarch Missile'…

…

…

The Gu Family council hall.

This place is usually very desolate, for at the Supreme level a single retreat reshapes the world, and no one has time for daily meetings.

But today is different.

Gu Cangsheng, now a Celestial King.

He brought back numerous priceless treasures.

He had just slain two celestial king avatars…

Regardless of which, it was enough to make all the family's old veterans drop their tasks and rush over to see whether the venerable ancestor had more goodies to share.

In the hall's center, Gu Cangsheng sat grandly in the prime seat, not holding any imposing artifact, but clutching a handful of sunflower seeds of unknown origin, crack—crack—eagerly munching.

His gray cloth robe even bore specks of dust unique to the Burial Emperor Star Realm, making him look less like a ruthless slayer of two celestial king avatars and more like an old farmer who had just harvested wheat.

Gu Lin Tian sat in the first seat on the left, expression solemn, the missing half of his beard hinting at the fierce battle that had just occurred.

As for Gu Yuan, he occupied the top seat beneath Gu Lin Tian, a spot that should have belonged to Gu Xuan Ce.

"Is everyone here?"

Gu Cangsheng spat out two seed shells and scanned the room.

Below, a sea of dark figures sat.

Besides Gu Zhan, Gu Lin Jiang and the others just returned, there were a few elders whose aura was unstable, clearly having only recently broken through to the 18th Supreme Realm.

These were the Supremes who, days earlier, had received a batch of early‑delivered Great Emperor Origins and thus advanced.

There were in total:

one ultimate‑peak Celestial King.

one early‑stage True Immortal.

three in the Heavenly Emperor Realm.

and in the Supreme Realm, a full… sixty‑three!

The 17 realms below the 18th Supreme…

except for a few, who lacked even the qualification to enter the hall.

Even so,

there were still as many as thirty!

all at the 17th realm, Saint‑Peak level!

Gu Yuan glanced.

and couldn't help but sigh.

It had only been such a short time.

Our family's strength has more than doubled!

And that doesn't even include the next batch of investments…

If they're all used up……

Even if the old ancestor and even Dad don't lift a hand, the whole Primordial Immortal Realm bound together probably still isn't a match for the Gu Family!

No, they are definitely not a match!

Don't forget!

The Path to Immortality…… can mass-produce True Immortals!

"Reporting to Father, besides the three elders in seclusion breaking through to the 19th-level Heavenly Emperor Realm and really unable to come out, the rest are all here."

Gu Lin Tian rose to report.

"Alright." Gu Cangsheng clapped his hands, pointed at Gu Yuan, "Yuan'er, unload the goods."

There was no opening remark, nor any lofty cliché.

Gu Yuan gave a hehe laugh, stood up, and flicked his sleeve.

Whoosh——!

It was as if someone had thrown a huge mountain onto a calm lake.

Dozens to hundreds of dazzling light balls suddenly covered the hall's ceiling.

Inside each ball of light sat a tiny yet majestic emperor silhouette, imperial dragon qi weaving a net that illuminated the whole hall brighter than the midday sun.

Next, dozens of clusters emitting an ancient aura of supreme primordial origin were piled up in the hall's corner like worthless cabbage.

"Hiss——!"

The unified intake of breath almost sucked the air out of the hall.

Most of these came from the elders who hadn't followed the rush to the Burial Emperor Star Domain.

They had already seen lucky elders of the 18th-level Supreme Realm obtain some great emperor primordial origin, increasing their cultivation.

For example, the sixth elder in seclusion, the seventh elder, and the fourteenth elder were all like that.

Even among them, many received a share.

They had expected the Gu Family's haul from this trip to be huge…… but they never imagined that after taking a share, there would still be this much left?!

"Just the supreme primordial origin we brought back last time numbered over fifty…… and here there are at least over a hundred more!"

"How many in total? Two hundred…… three hundred?!"

"Ancestors above, did you go to that world to shop for goods? Or did you dig up their ancestral graves upside down?"

A supreme elder who woke up too late and didn't receive much immortal substance, upon this stimulation, rolled his eyes and almost passed out right there.

Someone beside him quickly shoved a handful of immortal substance into his hand, which brought his breath back.

Gu Zhan stood to the side, watching these old-timers who had never seen the world, feeling delighted.

He raised his head, nostrils flared, speaking in an extremely punch‑worthy tone: "Tch, scared already? Let me tell you, if it weren't for the young master's mercy and not wanting to go overboard, we could have scraped three feet of land off that star domain!"

"Shut up, are you showing off?"

Gu Cangsheng glared at him, then looked at the crowd: "These great emperor primordial origins…… ancient supreme primordial origin were all obtained by Yuan'er; if you want to thank someone, thank Yuan'er."

As soon as he finished speaking, the elders who had benefited all rose in unison and bowed deeply to Gu Yuan.

"Thank you, Young Master!"

"Young Master's kindness, we keep it in our hearts!"

"May the Young Master be blessed with myriad fortunes!"

Their voices were uniform, filled with heartfelt gratitude and reverence.

Seeing this, Gu Yuan hurriedly rose, shifted slightly to the side, and avoided the crowd's grand salute.

"Seniors, you flatter me; these are what the family deserves, Yuan'er just happened to be in the right place at the right time."

He said this, then glanced irritably at the old ancestor sitting at the head cracking melon seeds.

Gu Cangsheng was amused by his grandson's look, cracked open a melon seed with a click, and said with a smiling squint:

"Alright, alright, everyone sit down. Since the stuff was brought back by Yuan'er, let him decide how to divide these primordial origins."

With those words, the hall fell silent again.

Everyone's gaze fell in unison on Gu Yuan.

There was shock, there was difference.

And there was strangeness.

Wasn't it already decided how to split them?

Why do we need to decide again?